योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-24, verse-18

एषैव परमा युक्तिरनयैव महामदः ।
स्वमनोमत्तमातङ्गो द्रागित्येवावदम्यते ॥ १८ ॥

eṣaiva paramā yuktiranayaiva mahāmadaḥ ,
svamanomattamātaṅgo drāgityevāvadamyate 18

18. eṣā eva paramā yuktiḥ anayā eva mahāmadaḥ
svamanomattamātaṅgaḥ drāk iti eva avadamyate

18. eṣā eva paramā yuktiḥ (asti) anayā eva
svamanomattamātaṅgaḥ mahāmadaḥ drāk iti eva avadamyate

18. This is indeed the supreme method (yukti). By this very method, one's great pride (mada) and the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind are immediately tamed.

Words meanings summery:

• एषा (eṣā) - this (method) (this)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

• युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - method, strategy (method, strategy, yoga, joining, propriety)

• अनया (anayā) - by this (method) (by this)

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• महामदः (mahāmadaḥ) - great pride (mada) (great pride, great intoxication)

• स्वमनोमत्तमातङ्गः (svamanomattamātaṅgaḥ) - the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind (as a metaphor for an uncontrolled mind) (the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind)

• द्राक् (drāk) - immediately, at once, quickly

• इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

• अवदम्यते (avadamyate) - is subdued, is tamed, is restrained

Words meanings and morphology

एषा (eṣā) - this (method) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

परमा (paramā) - supreme, highest, ultimate, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parama

parama - supreme, highest, ultimate, best, principal

युक्तिः (yuktiḥ) - method, strategy (method, strategy, yoga, joining, propriety)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yukti

yukti - method, strategy, contrivance, union, propriety, application (yoga)

Derived from root yuj (to join).

Root: yuj (class 7)

अनया (anayā) - by this (method) (by this)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

महामदः (mahāmadaḥ) - great pride (mada) (great pride, great intoxication)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāmada

mahāmada - great pride, great intoxication

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (mahā+mada)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective (feminine)
• mada – pride, arrogance, intoxication, rut, passion
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mad (class 4)

स्वमनोमत्तमातङ्गः (svamanomattamātaṅgaḥ) - the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind (as a metaphor for an uncontrolled mind) (the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of svamanomattamātaṅga

svamanomattamātaṅga - the intoxicated elephant of one's own mind

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (sva+manas+matta+mātaṅga)

• sva – own, self, personal
  adjective (masculine)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought
  noun (neuter)
  Root: man (class 4)
• matta – intoxicated, drunk, maddened, wild
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root mad (to be intoxicated) + kta suffix.
  Root: mad (class 4)
• mātaṅga – elephant, outcaste
  noun (masculine)

द्राक् (drāk) - immediately, at once, quickly

(indeclinable)

इति (iti) - thus, in this way, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just

(indeclinable)

अवदम्यते (avadamyate) - is subdued, is tamed, is restrained

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of dam

Present Passive

Root dam (class 4) with ava prefix, passive voice, present tense.

Prefix: ava

Root: dam (class 4)